Police threaten Christians with arrest for feeding homeless
August 28, 2013Dear Conservatives,
Christians in Raleigh, NC have been told they
will be arrested if they don't stop their regular ministry of feeding
homeless and needy people on weekends.
Without just cause or legal citation, Raleigh police threatened Love
Wins Ministries (LWM) for following Jesus' teachings of feeding the poor by
simply handing food and coffee to hungry people near a city park.
According to Rev. Hugh Hollowell, the pastor and director of LWM, last
Saturday, sausage biscuits and coffee were to be distributed to people in
need.
"On that morning three officers from Raleigh Police Department prevented
us from doing our work, for the first time ever. An officer said, quite
bluntly, that if we attempted to distribute food, we would be arrested,"
the pastor said.
"No representative from the Raleigh Police Department was willing to
tell us which ordinance we broke, or why, after six years and countless
friendly and cooperative encounters with the department, they are now
preventing us from feeding hungry people," the
pastor wrote in a blog.
"When I asked the officer why, he said that he was not going to debate
me. 'I am just telling you what is. Now you pass out that food, you will go
to jail.'"
Pastor Hugh's response, regardless of any law the city may have, is an
encouragement to other Christians. "Simple: We will feed people."
TAKE ACTION
TAKE ACTION
Raleigh's mayor and city council need to step up to the plate and
support ministries like Love Wins Ministries which are reaching out to the
homeless and hungry.
Please
send them a word of encouragement to come forward and clarify
that no police action will be taken against Christians putting their faith
into action.
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It is very important that you forward this alert to your friends and family members.
Sincerely,
Tim Wildmon, President
American Family Association
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